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(11) EP 0 250 180 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
18.01.1989 Bulletin 1989/03

(43) Date of publication A2:
23.12.1987 Bulletin 1987/52

(21) Application number: 87305247.6

(22) Date of filing: 12.06.1987
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)4: B41J 19/76
(84) Designated Contracting States:
DE FR GB IT

(30) Priority: 16.06.1986 JP 139689/86

(71) Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken (JP)

(72) Inventor:
  • Torii, Hiroshi
    Inazawa-shi Aichi-ken (JP)

(74) Representative: Senior, Alan Murray et al
J.A. KEMP & CO., 14 South Square, Gray's Inn
London WC1R 5LX
London WC1R 5LX (GB)


(56) References cited: : 
   
       


    (54) Printing apparatus


    (57) The present invention relates to a printing apparatus such as a typewriter which prints data from an inputting means on a printing medium.
    In the case of the normal printing apparatus, a feed amount setting means is installed which sets the amount of feed of line feeding or space feeding for relatively moving a printing head and the printing medium, and for the line feeding or for the space feeding, a desired one among about four kinds of amounts of feed is required to be selected.
    This printing apparatus comprises a unit feed amount selecting means for selecting a unit amount of feed, a feed amount setting means which selects a coefficient to multiply the unit amount of feed selected by this unit feed amount selecting means and sets the actual amount of feed, and a controlling means controlling a feeding mechanism so that the amount of feed of the relative movement is the amount of feed set by the feed amount setting means.







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